'Mad Max: Fury Road' Offers First Look at Tom Hardy

After what seems like a decade of rumors, false starts, troubled shooting and more, it’s hard to believe that George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road would ever be released, much less filmed. But as production has wrapped it looks like – yes – we will someday, perhaps even next year, get to see the fourth entry in this road-rage maximum opus. Now’s there’s picture proof that Tom Hardy plays the lead and looks pretty good doing it.

But it’s quite possible we’ll be seeing the picture sometime next year. From the reports, and because of the nature of a car-chase, car-crash movie, it seems that many of the big set pieces and stunts were done practically, which means it may not need five or six months of post-production to get all the effects done. And though late in the game sequel/prequels to well loved properties have mostly been misfires, this is one of the few that we can say we’re genuinely excited for.

Damon worked in the film business as a Film Buyer for a theater chain for many years, which gives him an interesting perspective on the numbers. He's written for Collider, Chud, Screencrush, The DVD Journal and Binaryflix online, and was published by The New York Times and Willamette Week, along with his college, high school and middle school papers.